How to Install shorturl on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will go through the step-by-step process of installing shorturl on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• NetBSD installed on your system
• Git installed on your system

Steps

1. Open a terminal window on your NetBSD system.
2. Clone the shorturl repository from https://git.mills.io/prologic/shorturl using the following command:

git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/shorturl.git

3. Change into the shorturl directory:

cd shorturl

4. Install the dependencies using the following command:

pkgin update && pkgin in py37-setuptools py37-sqlite3 py37-yaml py37-decorator py37-flask py37-itsdangerous py37-werkzeug

5. Initialize the SQLite database:

python3 manage.py initdb

6. Finally, start the shorturl service using the following command:

python3 manage.py runserver

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install shorturl on NetBSD. Feel free to explore the shorturl service and create your own short URLs using this tool.

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